India records 46,617 new Covid cases, with a national recovery rate of 97 percent.

New Delhi: According to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday, India saw a single-day increase of 46,617 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 3,04,58,251, while the national recovery rate has surpassed 97%.

The death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 4,00,312 with 853 deaths per day.

The number of active cases has dropped to 5,09,637, accounting for 1.67 percent of total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.01 percent, according to data updated at 8 a.m. In a 24-hour period, there was a net decrease of 13,620 cases in the total number of active COVID-19 cases.

In addition, 18,80,026 tests were performed on Thursday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 detection tests performed in the country to 41,42,51,520, with a daily positivity rate of 2.48 percent. According to the ministry, it has been less than 5% for 25 days in a row.

According to the health ministry, the weekly positivity rate has dropped to 2.57 percent.
For the 50th consecutive day, recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases.

According to the data, the number of people who have recovered from the disease has risen to 2,95,48,302, with a case fatality rate of 1.31 percent.

The COVID-19 tally in India reached 20 lakh on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16.

It surpassed 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and one crore on December 19.

On May 4, India passed the two-crore mark, and on June 23, it passed the three-crore mark.